Project Manager

at  Version 1

Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 26 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, and Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.

We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:

• UK & Ireland’s premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
• 3400+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Job Description

• Working with the Project Owner/Sponsor to confirm the project scope and goals, objectives and business justification, secure project resources (people and budget) and re-iterate the mandate for the project.
• Preparing a detailed project work-plan with associated resource requirement profile identification.
• Undertaking standard RAID analysis and establishing the project governance structure and processes.
• Creating, maintaining, and updating a Project Initiation Document, Plans and Project Status Reports
• Leading, monitoring, and maintaining progress of the project plan to ensure delivery of the key stages and goals within the agreed constraints of time, cost and quality.
• Controlling and reporting progress to the Project Steering Group/Project Sponsor and Executive level, and escalating any issues, as appropriate, in a timely manner. Initiating corrective action where necessary to keep the project on track.
• Continually assessing potential risks and issues maintaining risk and issue logs, and contingency plans.
• Playing a lead role in defining an effective communication strategy for the project, including communicating and consulting with key stakeholders.
• Identify inter-dependencies between the various stakeholder groups to ensure all are aligned and risks are identified, mitigated, and communicated.
• The ability to identify process gaps and implement necessary business process and compliance documentation.

Qualifications

You will have:

• Overall strong Project Management capabilities, 8-10 years Project Management experience
• Experience in Business / Compliance / Process delivery.
• Experience in Java, Microservices technology is advantageous.
• Familiar with implementing strong process control or compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of PRINCE 2 or PMP and practical experience of same.
• Experience in driving the implementation of new Business Processes to support adoption of new technology.
• Budget management, commercial and Customer experience.
• Full SDLC experience.
• Excellent team motivator.
• Proven track record in successfully delivery fixed price engagements.
• Familiarity with Agile methodology, an advantage.
• Experience in using standard Project Management and MS Office tools inc. MS Project, Excel, Word and Visio.
• Excellent organization and communication skills.
• Excellent command of English.
• Strong interest in developing PM Capability solutions and methodologies.

Additional Information

Please refer the Job description for details